GAME DESIGNER

Satoru Iwata

1959 - 2015

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Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡, Hepburn: Iwata Satoru, December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer, video game designer, and producer. He was the fourth president and chief executive officer (CEO) of Nintendo from 2002 until his death in 2015. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Satoru Iwata has received more than 4,943,124 page views. His biography is available in 40 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Satoru Iwata is the 9th most popular game designer (down from 8th in 2019), the 487th most popular biography from Japan (up from 523rd in 2019) and the 4th most popular Japanese Game Designer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 4.9M

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  • 57.62

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 40

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.23

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.37

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among GAME DESIGNERS

Among game designers, Satoru Iwata ranks 9 out of 77. Before him are Alexey Pajitnov, Markus Persson, Ralph H. Baer, Jeff Kinney, Gunpei Yokoi, and Gabe Newell. After him are Satoshi Tajiri, Lizzie Magie, Klaus Teuber, Sid Meier, Shinji Mikami, and Shigesato Itoi.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Satoru Iwata ranks 68. Before him are Youssou N'Dour, Victoria Abril, Christian Thielemann, Irene Cara, Chan Santokhi, and Miki Matsubara. After him are Majed Abdullah, Patricia Clarkson, Linda Blair, Wim Hof, Rupert Everett, and Allison Janney. Among people deceased in 2015, Satoru Iwata ranks 91. Before him are Akiyuki Nosaka, Shigeru Mizuki, Yaşar Kemal, Eldar Ryazanov, Egon Bahr, and Kemal Monteno. After him are Jean-Pierre Beltoise, Jenő Buzánszky, Ornette Coleman, Arsen Dedić, Philippe Honoré, and Ieng Thirith.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Satoru Iwata ranks 487 out of 6,245. Before him are Ashikaga Yoshiteru (1536), Masanori Tokita (1925), Fumihiko Maki (1928), Kitaro Nishida (1870), Kusunoki Masashige (1294), and Miki Matsubara (1959). After him are Soemu Toyoda (1885), Yasuhito, Prince Chichibu (1902), Hajime Sugiyama (1880), Hifuyo Uchida (null), Yasuji Okamura (1884), and Nobuo Matsunaga (1921).

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Among GAME DESIGNERS In Japan

Among game designers born in Japan, Satoru Iwata ranks 4. Before him are Shigeru Miyamoto (1952), Hideo Kojima (1963), and Gunpei Yokoi (1941). After him are Satoshi Tajiri (1965), Shinji Mikami (1965), Shigesato Itoi (1948), Hironobu Sakaguchi (1962), Toru Iwatani (1955), Masayuki Uemura (1943), Hidetaka Miyazaki (1974), and Yu Suzuki (1958).

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